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Ferguson Riots - Shots fired in curfew zone

Shots were fired as Missouri Govenor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer. This riveting video was shot by filmmaker Darnell Singleton from the front lines of the Ferguson Riots. Read more »

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Police deploy tear gas to impose Ferguson curfew

17-8-2014 · FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — One person was shot and seven people were arrested ... also fired at a ... before the curfew took effect in Ferguson, ...

Shots were fired as Missouri Govenor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown was shot to death by a police officer. This riveting video was shot by filmmaker Darnell ...

Meanwhile in a pretty depressing journalism fail, Politico’s Byron Tau, also in Ferguson ... he’s in the “first amendment zone” behind riot police, where the view is obscured. There are also reports of shots fired from multiple observers on ...

Police deploy smoke canisters and tear gas against protesters to enforce midnight curfew in Ferguson, Mo. An unidentified male was in critical condition in Ferguson, Mo., early Sunday after being shot during ... several gunshots fired into the air ...

The violence in Ferguson continued despite a midnight to 5 AM curfew ... it was shot at,” he said. The people inside the barbecue restaurant fled as police approached, Johnson said. During the course of the night, "I did hear several gunshots fired ...

Ferguson isn’t the first: A history of curfews in times of racial tension

In Ferguson ... shot a black soldier who tried to intervene in the officer’s arrest of an African American woman for disorderly conduct. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia called in U.S. Army troops and put a 10:30 p.m. curfew into effect. Six people died in the ...

The violence began about 9 p.m. along West Florissant Avenue, one of the city’s main streets, within two blocks of where Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was fatally shot. Hundreds of police officers turned out in riot gear, shooting rubber ...

New York Times •
4 years ago

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/us/ferguson-missouri-protests.html

Ferguson shooting: Protesters defy curfew as riots continue raging

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and a curfew starting at midnight yesterday (0500 GMT Sunday) until 5:00 am for the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot ... Riot police fired tear gas and …

Missouri National Guard sent into Ferguson after eighth night of violence - as demonstrators with Molotov cocktails clash with riot police firing tear-gas

The violence began to flare again around 9pm local time - three hours before the beginning of the midnight curfew - as police in riot gear fired ... in Ferguson have been holding demonstrations every night since 18-year-old Brown was shot dead by police ...

A Daily Mirror reporter was today issued with a chilling death threat as violent riots took place in America over the decision not to charge a white cop who killed a black teenager. Violence erupted in Ferguson ... clear who fired the shots, but there ...

The vaunted agreement about “rules of engagement” Ferguson ... fired more than 100 gunshots, burned and looted as many as 25 buildings and vandalized police cars in Ferguson, Mo. after a grand jury did not indict a police officer who shot and killed ...